Mare Nubium
Americannoun
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And last fall the moon took the biggest impact we've ever seen, when a huge meteorite slammed into the area known as the Mare Nubium basin.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2014
Moving faster than 37,900 mph, the meteorite smashed into a region known as Mare Nubium with the force of about 15 tons of TNT.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2014
On the W. there is a peak towering 4000 feet above the wall, which is here about 5000 feet above the floor, and 8000 feet above the Mare Nubium.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
On the east, some of them barred with luminous network the Mare Nubium and even the Mare Humorum.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
Bullialdus, in the midst of the Mare Nubium, is a very conspicuous and beautiful ring mountain about thirty-eight miles in diameter, with walls 8,000 feet high above the interior.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
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